Years behind bars. Then rushed to the hospital with chest pains. Now he faces another legal battle. And marens moment. We join country star maren morris at the houston rodeo as she got ready for the biggest moment of her career and prepares for the birth of her child. Its march 12th, 2020. Well have the latest on the coronavirus right after the eye opener, your world in 20 seconds. I will always put the wellbeing of america first. The virus will not have a chance against us. This is a different crisis for this president and this presidency. And this entire administration. You cant give this a nickname. You cannot belittle the coronavirus. It is growing and spreading. As the World Health Organization has declared the coronavirus tbreak a pandemic. Citing alarming levels of spread and activity of the virus. The nba season placed on suspension over concerns of the coronavirus. This is crazy. This cant be true. Its not within the realm of possibility. It just seems more like out of a movie
Back. I mean, some ugly things have happened recently to the trump family. And i think id like to avoid that. Reporter when then candidate donald trump visited the bay area in 2016, protests got heated because he got forced to go out of the motorcade and walk the highway. Why is the first family coming back now . We asked abc news rick kline. Not selffunding, needs to raise it. Its got good figures but need to keep the california donors. Reporter President Trump isnt the only one raking in the west coast donors. Thpr cdida Vice President millions in california. Republicans might be fewer in the bay area but tonight many are expected to show up in force. Republicans dont have any voice so to be able to participate in an event like that is something a lot of people will jump at. Reporter tickets range from 1,000 to 35,000 a couple. This is all part of the trump campaigns aggressive Fundraising Efforts this cycle. We do know that President Trump raised 26. 5 million last quarter, that is
Inland, 79 to 82. You can see what the sea breeze does. Brings our temperatures back below average. Real comfortable evening on the way from 60 at the coast to near 70 inland. How about the commute . Looking very comfortable so far as well. Very few issues on the board so far. Sounds like one minor problem on westbound highway 4 past san marco bld boulevard. Bay port area into concord, debris in the roadway and at least two vehicles hit that. We have debris blocking part of one lane. The vehicles are off on the shoulder. Chp on the way to the scene to investigate. Right now were still in the green through that stretch. A quick check on the richmond side of the richmondsan rafael bridge, nice and dry. No drops on our camera lens. Very light volumes on web 580. Unanimous vote went through for Safety Measures to prevent more deaths around smart trains. Five people have died in less than three weeks. The smart trains director is calling it a Public Health crisis. Two of the deaths were acc
East bay 80 offramp to richmond parkway. I found this on a caltrans still camera, working on getting an image of that for you. Definitely looks like a big mess and this is going to be there for a long time. Also looks like just lanes of the offramp are blocked. I dont think any of the main laynes from east bay interstate 80 are impacted. Still working on confirming that. Also, just getting word in about a drainage issue at the embarcadero b. A. R. T. Station. It sounds like at least right now trains are by passing embarcadero station due to that according to muni. Working on more information. Ill have updates coming up in just a few minutes. Thanks, alexis. Smart train officials are taking action after five recent deaths. Were told two were accidents and three were suicides. Now theres a plan to address both issues. Anser hassan live in san rafael. Reporter good morning, guys, one of the first steps is putting up safety fencing Railroad Crossings like this one in such a way that people
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. in washington, the clock is ticking and the push is on. president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy are racing to sell a tentative debt ceiling agreement to their respective parties. minutes ago, the president confirmed that he spoke with mccarthy by phone. they finalized the last of the details and said the deal now moves to the full congress for its approval. if they reject it or can t iron out their differences before june 5th, the u.s. could default on its debt, a scenario many experts say would be disastrous. not just for the u.s. economy, but for the global economy as well. and that threat still looms ominously over the capitol at this hour. up on capitol hill, lawmakers from both parties have their reservations. so passage is not guaranteed and all of this is unfolding as that fiscal deadline gets ever closer. cnn s priscilla alvarez is over at the why for us. eva mcken is live on set. let s begin a